In four seasons as a goalkeeper with York's field and indoor hockey teams, Sharon (Bayes) Speers was a four-time CIAU all-Canadian and a five-time OWIAA all-star. She backstopped York to the OWIAA field hockey title in 1984 and to silver-medal performances in 1985, 1986 and 1987. In four trips to the CIAU national championship, Speers was named a tournament all-star in 1984 and 1986, when York won silver. York University's female athlete of the year in 1986-87, she competed in two Olympic Games (1984, 1988) as a member of the Canadian national team.